The “children’s parks” of Mário de Andrade in the context of political transformations in child care during the brazilian military dictatorship period

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the meaning of the creation of the “Parques Infantis”(a Children's Parks Program) in 1935, in the city of São Paulo and their extinction in 1975, in the context of the political transformations that took place in the 20th century, regarding child care and education during the military dictatorship. The work was carried out based on bibliographic research, by authors such as Haddad (2006; 2008), Faria (1995; 1999; 2002) and Duarte (2000). The extinction of Parques Infantis during the military dictatorship, reflected the transformations of early childhood care and education carried out in the public policies of Western countries under North American influence, indicating the strengthening of a childcare model rooted in the assumptions of cultural silencing, with repercussions to the present day.